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A207 crash in Bexley on 26 June 2001 at 22:50 involving a Peugeot Vivacity motorcycle

A Peugeot Vivacity motorcycle and a Peugeot 605 were involved in a crash on the A207 in Bexley at 22:50 on Tuesday 26 June 2001. The 16-year-old male rider of the Peugeot Vivacity motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Jun 2001
Tuesday, 22:50
Vehicles
2
Peugeot Vivacity and Peugeot 605
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46314, longitude 0.10322, in the DA16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Falconwood & Welling, Bexley, DA16 3QH area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200101RY00396
Council area
Bexley
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
207
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 August 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot Vivacity

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 605

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Peugeot Vivacity)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 200101RY00396 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bexley road accident statistics for 2001.